dal

noun East Indian Cookery.

1. a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.

1. dekaliter; dekaliters.

noun

1. the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet.

noun

1. a river in S Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. About 250 miles (405 km) long.

noun

1. split grain, a common foodstuff in India; pulse
2. a variant spelling of dhal

symbol for

1. decalitre(s)

n.

1690s, from Hindi dal “split pulse,” from Sanskrit dala, from dal “to split.”